surā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुरा (surā, “wine, spirituous liquor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: sura, surā, śūra
• Hyphenation: su‧rā

Noun

surā

1. spirituous liquor

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭᬵ (sura)

Further reading

• "surā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀼𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• सुरा (Devanagari script)
• সুরা (Bengali script)
• සුරා (Sinhalese script)
• သုရာ or သုရႃ (Burmese script)
• สุรา (Thai script)
• ᩈᩩᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສຸຣາ (Lao script)
• សុរា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄪𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सुरा (súrā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *súraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súraH.

Noun

surā f

1. distilled liquor (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension table of "surā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	surā	surāyo or surā
Accusative (second)	suraṃ	surāyo or surā
Instrumental (third)	surāya	surāhi or surābhi
Dative (fourth)	surāya	surānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	surāya	surāhi or surābhi
Genitive (sixth)	surāya	surānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	surāya or surāyaṃ	surāsu
Vocative (calling)	sure	surāyo or surā

Derived terms

• surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāna

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “surā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead